Unexpected EOF encountered in BCP data-file

Question

I was trying copy data from a table to another table in another database using bcp.

First a format file was created using

!! bcp dbName1.dbo.tableNam         


        

Answer 1

The problem was with format specifiers (-c, -n) while creating Format-file and Data-file.

The format specifier for Format File (-n) and Data File (-c) was different.

When I changed format specifier of both to either -c or -n, the import statement worked.

Since retaining datatype of columns was important for my purpose, -n was used for format file and data file